Ran 2 800-meter races below 2:08
and a sub-52 second split in 4x400 relay
Farmington scored 538.5 points and placed sixth in a nine-team field at the Section 1AAA True Team meet held Tuesday, May 10, at Rochester Mayo.
The unique meet sponsored by the state track coaches association allows each team to enter two individuals and one relay team in each event with every competitor scoring points for his team.
Owatonna won the team title and a berth in next week's True Team state meet with 899.5 points. Lakeville South took the runner-up spot with 888.5, followed by Lakeville North 849, Rochester Century 725, Rochester Mayo 655, Farmington 538.5, Rochester John Marshall 520.5, Northfield 450.5 and Winona 441.50.
"It was a great meet," Tiger coach Brian Helmstetter said. "Our young guys did well again and some seniors had their best performances."
The top Farmington finishes came in the 100-meter dash, 4x400 relay and the shot put.
The relay foursome of Jeff Hanson, Tyler Lerbakken, Tanner Grubb and Tyler Grubb lowered its season-best time to 3:32.7 with a fourth place finish. Thrower John Schimmel threw the shot 47-8 and sprinter Tyler Grubb covered the 400 meters in 51.64 to also earn fourth place points.
The 4x800 relay quartet of Eric Stoeckman, Jared Wolt, Hunter Meyer and Tyler Lerbakken ranked fifth in its race and Zach Wyatt took fifth in the high jump.
Wyatt ranked sixth in the long jump and Schimmel made it two top 10 finishes by taking eighth in the discus.
Wyatt placed ninth in the triple jump and three Tigers finished 10th: Tanner Grubb in the 400-meter dash; Carl Elmer in the 3200-meter run and Dan Berg in the high jump.
In addition to the point-getters Helmstetter noted that several other Tiger athletes recorded personal-best times and distances.
Most notable were Jack Erickson, Mason Auge and Blake Ross in the 200-meter dash; Justin Hett and Mac Bassett in the long jump; Joe Ouyang in the discus and Connor Phu and Reid Taubenheim in the pole vault.
"The pole vault was the most exciting event of the night," Helmstetter said. "Connor and Reid both had 11-foot jumps. They are going up a foot per week."
